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buckle

/ˈbʌkəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.50 in modern English

Syllables
buck-le
IPA
/ˈbʌkəl/
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike through which a belt or strap is passed and penetrated by the tongue or spike, in order to fasten the ends of the belt together or to secure the strap to something else.

noun

A metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike through which a belt or strap is passed and penetrated by the tongue or spike, in order to fasten the ends of the belt together or to secure the strap to something else.

noun

A metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike through which a belt or strap is passed and penetrated by the tongue or spike, in order to fasten the ends of the belt together or to secure the strap to something else.

Canadian usage

noun

A great conflict or struggle.

verb

To fasten (something) using a buckle (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1); hence (obsolete), to fasten (something) in any way.

Transitive verb

verb

To apply (oneself) to, or prepare (oneself) for, a task or work; also (obsolete), to equip (oneself) for a battle, expedition, etc.

Transitive verb

verb

To unite (people) in marriage; to marry.

British usage; Transitive verb

verb

To apply oneself to or prepare for a task or work.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English bokel (“spiked metal ring for fastening; ornamental clasp; boss of a shield; a shield, buckler; (figurative) means of defence”) [and other forms], from Old French boucle, bocle (“spiked metal ring for fastening; boss of a shield; a shield”) [and other forms], from Latin buccula (“cheek strap of a helmet; boss of a shield”) (from bucca (“soft part of the cheek”)). Noun etymology 1, noun sense 2 (“great conflict or struggle”) is probably derived from verb etymology 1, verb sense 1.2.1 (“to apply (oneself) to, or prepare (oneself) for, a task or work”). The verb is derived from Middle English bokelen, bukelen (“to fasten (something) with a buckle or clasp; to fasten, make fast; to wrap; to arch the body”) [and other forms], from bokel (noun) (see above) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs). In verb etymology 1, verb sense 1.2.1, the sense “to apply (oneself) to, or prepare (oneself) for, a task or work” was derived from the now obsolete sense “to equip (oneself) for a battle, etc.”, and originally alluded to armour being buckled on to the body.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

buckles (plural) buckles (present, singular) buckling (participle, present) buckled (participle, past) buckled (past) no-table-tags (table tags) glossary (inflection template) buckled (first person, past) bucklest (archaic, present) buckled (past, second person) buckledst (archaic, past) buckleth (archaic, present)

Derived Forms

buckleless kneebuckle turnbuckle buckleable buckled buckler rebuckle unbuckle buckling

Phrases

belt buckle bread buckle buckle hat cover-the-buckle cover the buckle scleral buckle swash someone's buckle buckle-beggar

Synonyms

buckle down cave cave in crumple fold break buck surrender

Homonyms

buccal

Antonyms

unbuckle

Rhymes With

chuckle knuckle suckle muckle huckle ruckle ruckel buccal unbuckle truckle nasobuccal intrabuccal

Questions

How do you pronounce buckle?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbʌkəl/.
What does buckle mean?
A metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike through which a belt or strap is passed and penetrated by the tongue or spike, in order to fasten the ends of the belt together or to secure the strap to something else.
Where does buckle come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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